Friday, May 23, 2008

Not photo related ( my fav movie scene )

Ok this is not at all photo related , so if u dont feel like watching the vid u dont have to . Oh and its also in arabic so u have to understand that prob .

Below is what i consider one of the best written , best acted , best directed movie scenes in the history of egyptian cinema , not to mention the music ( soundtrack if u may ). Its from a movie called Kitkat ( named after of one of the poorest slum areas in egypt ) , and the movie tells the story of a blind man named el Sheikh Hosney . Yet there is a strong symbolism carried within the scenes and characters of the movie . The clip is from youtube uploaded by a user called EKNOWLEDGER .



A lot of people miss the symbolism in this scene . But i loved one of the readers comments to this vid on youtube , very very true , very artistic vision to the depth of this scene. Heres the comment by a user called AMRVAMP ---> مشهد فى قمة الجمال و الإتقان , حوار رائع و مؤثر و موسيقى جميلة.
البيت فى القصة هو مصر , و (مجاهد) هو صديق الأب الجيل القديم الذى حارب فى أكتوبر و إنتصر.

Some of the things i love about this scene:

a) The man ( am Megahed) whos lived all his life selling fool ( beans) , died doing what he lived all his life doing .
b) His
cart that carried him during his life ( by carrying what he sold ) also carried him during his death . ( Symbolism ? )
c) When am Megahed died , the only person ( or the first person ) to realize it , was Sheikh Hosney , the blind man . ( Symbolism ? )
d) In the music Notice how the church organs come in at min 3 :45 right about the time he accepts the fact that am Megahed is dead and starts preparing to move his body , notice how at 3 : 50 the music starts changing to a peaceful serene tune as if saying , its ok hes in a better place now . Notice how near the end of the clip the music stops , and all u hear is birds chirping and pigeon sounds , as if its the peace of accepting reality or maybe the sounds ud hear at a graveyard.
e) How he moves between the narrow buildings and sinks in as if sinking deep in a grave .
f) How he covers am Megahed with his shawl , how its black , how his dress is white ,( symbolism ?) , life and death ? , right and wrong ? , angels and graves ? ..... SYMBOLISM... !

Either way symbolism or no symbolism , its an amazing piece of work . I just felt like i had to share this with u .

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